Helene Fletcher

Funeral Services for Helene Fletcher, 84, Clinton resident, will be held 10:00 A.M., Friday, October 29, 2021 in the Clinton Indian Community Center, officiated by Jimmy Anderson and Gerald Panana. Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. There will be a visitation service 6:00 P.M., Thursday, October 28, 2021 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel. Helene Myrtle (McElhaney) Fletcher (Kiowa name: Dawl-Gye-Ah-Matt “The Song Goes On” was born June 28, 1937 to Oileta and Robert Louise McElhaney in the Kiowa Indian Hospital in Lawton, OK and passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021 in her Clinton home. Helene received Christ at the age of 10 and was baptized in the outdoor baptistery at Rainy Mountain. Helene attended school in Eastern Oklahoma, Mt. View, Cooperton, and Bacone High School. She continued her education at the Bacone Junior College where she graduated in 1956. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Keuka College in Keuka Park, NY in 1959. She was employed at the Oklahoma Security Commission for 23 years and retired in Clinton, OK in 1987. She was a member of the Indian Baptist Church; since she was raised pretty much in Eastern Oklahoma and was gone for some time; she always enjoyed coming back and visiting and spending time with her Kiowa relatives and friends.. She married Joseph Fletcher in Oklahoma City, OK on October 14, 1972. Together they raised six children. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Joseph, infant brother, Robert Louis McElhaney, Jr., daughter, Julie Cox and foster sister, Cheri Simmons. She is survived by three daughters, Cheri Fletcher, Mary Fletcher and Carolyn Fletcher; three grandchildren, Rachel Cox, Marleta Fletcher and Kendrick Fletcher and three great-grandchildren, Jacob Cox, Lily Guenara and Damon Cox.